I’d like to think somewhere in the world Paris Hilton was
watching ‘Being Lara Bingle’ last night thinking ‘you mean I only had to have a
topless photo leaked to get my own show… I sucked cock for fuck sake and this
bitch didn’t even show a nipple’
Sadly I am just young enough to remember a time when being
famous was a by-product of some other talent… it required something other than
being vapid, self-indulgent and having no self-respect or care for your own
reputation or privacy.
I’d love to be able to say that the Lara Bingle’s and Kim
Kardashian’s of the world are the exception to the rule but unfortunately I
can’t. If you have ever been to a pop concert (and if you have a girlfriend and
you haven’t I envy you) you’d know that there is an increasing amount of girls
who are in such hysterics to go to the concert that they forget to get dressed
and end up leaving the house in their bra and underwear.
It did however strike me by surprise when one of these young
ladies yelled “what are you looking at you pervert?” at a guy standing next
her… I thought this is rather awkward, she doesn’t realize she is standing in
public in her bra and knickers, someone get this girl a coat and fix this whole
mess up.
She then said “What, a girl can’t go out without having some
perve staring at her tits…”
I’m sorry what? You mean you left the house like that
because you didn’t want people looking at you? I can see how hard you’ve tried
to avoid attention there. How dare he look at the body you’ve so clearly tried
to cover up, I don’t know why he’d do such a thing.
It’s the same across every bar and nightclub in every city,
people whose good idea of a good time is paying $10 bucks for a drink and taking
a million photos to post on Facebook, just to show you what a good night out they
had... taking photos, to put on Facebook.
And it doesn’t end there, reality T.V is built upon people
who desperately want to be famous. Masterchef is full of people who claim their
life long dream and passion is to be a chef. They wanted it so bad that they
spent there time working in industries with no relationship to cooking at all. Wishing there was a way they could break into the cut throat hospitality
industry, some kind of apprenticeship or something. Unfortunately, the closest
thing available is a Bachelor of Subway Sandwich Arts.
In reality a show like Masterchef isn’t about cooking, it’s
about being famous. A show full of people who want to be on T.V and fancy
themselves as an alright chef. It’s not
just T.V though, people are always exploiting these kinds of things in the real
world too.
I work at an office where one dude regularly makes and
brings in cakes for the office to have… Now I know what you’re thinking
“Anthony that sounds like a lovely thing how could you be mad about that?”
I’ll tell you why, because like a B grade, real world Masterchef
contestant, he doesn’t just leave the cake and leave you alone, he watches you
eat it, and then he wants you to validate his existence by saying “mmm yum” and
then everyone in the office wants to talk about what a nice guy he is.
He’s not a nice guy; he’s a show off… A show off who wants
to hear you say nice things about him. A show off who thinks he has the right
to decide when you want to eat cake.
‘The Biggest Loser’ is just another example of this, fat
people who discovered the secret to losing weight was to be publically
humiliated on national television. Huzzah…
Again, if you have ever had someone at your workplace lose
weight you’ll know that no camera is required for someone to put their face in
your life and not leave till you say “wow you’re looking good have you lost
weight?”
The chance to be on T.V has been bringing out the idiot in
humanity long before reality T.V even existed. If you’ve ever watched any kind
of live broadcast there is always the guy who makes his way to where the camera
is to make a hilarious face or wave. I’m sure he then messages everybody he has
ever know and says “you know how I’m a useless know, well now you can see me
being a useless knob on T.V for a split second”
Just once I’d like to see one of the people who fight their
way to be on camera say something of meaning and value like ‘The resources of
the planet are finite please take care of the planet” or even “don’t talk to
strangers” or a simple “wear a condom” instead
of “hi mum, look at me I’m a fuckwit on T.V”.
Reality T.V doesn’t turn people into idiots and fuckwits, it
just rewards them for being the idiots and fuckwits they already are. If you
want to know the true value of a person’s integrity, put a camera on them.
